BAUMEISTER, WILLI
Stuttgart 1889 - 1955

Title: Was verlangst du von mit, Utnapischtim? (From: Sumerische Legenden).
Date: 1947.
Technique: Colour lithograph on chamois-coloured, imitation Japan.
Depiction Size: 25 x 35cm.
Sheet Size: 35 x 42,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered.
Number: 1/100.


Condition:
Minimally discoloured under the former mat window. Slightly creased. Verso remains of an old mounting as well as minimally stained and irregularly discoloured. Otherwise in good condition.

From the portfolio with 10 lithographs on texts that the artist had compiled from the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Provenance:
- Kunstkabinett Klihm, Munich (according to the consignor)
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen

Literature:
- Spielmann, Heinz/Baumeister, Felicitas: Willi Baumeister - Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005, cat. rais. no. 104.